We Need to Stop the Bullying at Mitchell High School

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Bullying surrounds today's society. It is to the point where the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared bullying the third leading cause of death in between the ages of ten and twenty four (Thompson). Almost daily, a new story is broadcasted on the news about someone getting beat to death or killing themselves because of bullying. In fact, on April twenty-ninth of this year, a seventeen year old high school student got brutally beaten outside of school on her way home. She made it to her house, but with severe injuries. When she went to sleep that night, she fell into a coma and never woke up (CNN). Unfortunately, situations like this are typical, especially in teenage females. According to survey results recently collected, more than two thirds of students at Mitchell think that girls are more involved in bullying than boys because girls tend to act more catty and rude to each other. They usually attack one another mentally, emotionally, and socially, however, physical fights occur as well. Bullying is a huge issue at Mitchell High School that needs to be resolved promptly. To help dissolve the tensions that are constantly rising within the female underclassmen at Mitchell, they need to feel united and understand that they are all unique but have similar emotions and thoughts. The ideal result is that they'll come to the realization that there isn't a need for all of the bullying and fighting.
Girls can be very nasty to each other, so much so that some girls feel threatened to go to class or to even walk through the hallways. According to ABC News’ recent statistics, over 160,000 kids stay home from school every day for fear of being bullied. (Bullying and Suicide, 2013) It’s sad that students are missing school...

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